Miami

 















Miami was a huge contrast to the time we experienced in Guatemala. Although we had been to Miami before, the craziness was multiplied this time having come from a developing country. People pushing dogs in special doggy prams, boob jobs, botox gone mad, man in pink g-string with bunny ears - you name it, we saw it! Despite the madness of it all, we still managed to have plenty of down time (due to the not so nice weather), people watching and even some shopping.


We were lucky enough to catch 2 Miami Heat games during our stay. Ben couldn't believe his luck when it looked as though all 3 superstars of the team might miss the game due to injuries, but luckily enough, both Lebron and Wade decided not to be princesses for one night and had a full game on the court.

Our seats were a splurge but amazing! We were close enough to see all of the court side action and harass players + famous faces including Alonzo Mourning, Gabrielle Union and Lil Wayne and Elise even got a wave from D-Wade! To Ben's delight, the game went to overtime and was a good game despite the Heat losing.  


For the second game we were in the nose bleed section until we devised a cunning plan to sneak into our old section during half time. All was going swimmingly well until people started to fill the seats on either side. After some strange looks we hurried back to our real seats but managed to enjoy almost a quarter in our upgraded seats. Yay for us!

Some highlights were happy hour at our hotel each night which involved all you can drink free drinks for one hour, served by our favourite bar-girl Josephine. Elise couldn't quite walk straight after each happy hour but she was determined to keep up with Ben! We also met a lovely local couple for drinks on the main cafe strip of Lincoln Road (the daughter of our house-mate in Antigua and her fiance).